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Android Alpha & Beta Programs

What are the Spotify Alpha and Beta programs? By signing up as an Alpha or Beta tester of the Spotify app, you will get early versions of our new releases before we roll them out to everyone else. This is an invaluable help for us, as it allows us to...

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Superuser Contribution Podcast ending prematurely

Listening to a podcast with talk and music (60 Songs That Explain the 90s) that has podcast discussion followed by a Spotify song. The talk portion of the podcast ends prematurely and goes right into the song. This is a recent problem that wasn't hap...

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Listening to a podcast with talk and music (60 Songs That Explain the 90s) that has podcast discussion followed by a Spotify song. The talk portion of the podcast ends prematurely and goes right into...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Red web podcast will not play.

PlanPremiumCountryUsDeviceS20 plus My Question or IssueSo starting about two weeks ago. The podcast "red web" just won't play. I'll open it and it will sit at 00:00 and never move forward. I've tried it on wifi and data, I've tried a fresh install of...

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  Plan Premium Country Us Device S20 plus   My Question or Issue So starting about two weeks ago. The podcast "red web" just won't play. I'll open it and it will sit at 00:00 and n...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Playlists not showing on galaxy 3 watch

Plan PremiumCountry Uk Operating SystemGalaxy watch 3/ galaxy s20 ultra My Question or IssueWhen opening app on my watch only a small number of my playlists are shown.Even deleting/ reinstalling does not work, it is always the same playlists shown an...

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Plan Premium Country Uk   Operating System Galaxy watch 3/ galaxy s20 ultra   My Question or Issue When opening app on my watch only a small number of my playlists are shown. E...

Novy

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Creepy music plays automatically at midnight

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceSamsung S21 Ultra My Question or IssueConsistently every night at around 12am the SLEEP playlist (which I have never listened to in my life) starts playing while the app isn't even open. I turn the music off but after...

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  Plan Premium Country Australia Device Samsung S21 Ultra     My Question or Issue Consistently every night at around 12am the SLEEP playlist (which I have never listened to ...

bmnics

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify draining my mobile data even when the cellular download is turned off

Hi, I have and issue with Spotify in my phone for some months. The application stared to drain my mobile data in large quantities even when I'm listening only to downloaded albums and having cellular download option turned off. I have Nokia 7 Plus ru...

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Hi,   I have and issue with Spotify in my phone for some months. The application stared to drain my mobile data in large quantities even when I'm listening only to downloaded albums and having...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Sharing to instagram stories opens up camera

PlanPremiumCountryLithuaniaDeviceHuawei P20 ProOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueHello, so with the latest update, I cannot share my music to instagram stories anymore. Whenever I hit share button, it opens up camera for stories but not ...

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Plan Premium Country Lithuania Device Huawei P20 Pro Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Hello, so with the latest update, I cannot share my music to instagram stories a...

Ver

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Superuser Contribution Music Downloaded Over Cellular Network Even When Download Using Cellular Is Off

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S21 UltraOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueI recently migrated to a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and I was out on a walk using the app. I doubled checked that the "Download Using Cellular" was tur...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue I recently migrated to a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and I was out on a walk...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify cannot share instagram stories

PlanPremiumCountry Germany DeviceSamsung Galaxy S20 FEOperating SystemAndroid 11, One ui 3.1 My Question or IssueHello, I've got a new Android phone recently and now the function to share songs/playlists from Spotify does not work. Under sharing I ca...

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  Plan Premium Country  Germany   Device Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Operating System Android 11, One ui 3.1   My Question or Issue Hello, I've got a new Android phone recen...

Jeremy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify won’t play on Astell & Kern sr25 music player

PlanPremium CountryUKDeviceAstell and Kern sr25 Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueAfter much faffing about I have downloaded and installed Spotify on the sr25 and can log in and see all my playlists etc, can ...

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Plan Premium  Country UK Device Astell and Kern sr25  Operating System (iOS 10, Android  Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue After much faffing about I have do...

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Superuser Contribution Why can't I watch video once my phone links to car Bluetooth?

When my phone links to the cars Bluetooth I am no longer able to watch video of Joe Rogans podcast. I can watch it normally but once in the car it switches to audio only with no video option. I turn car mode off and still no option for video. Very an...

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When my phone links to the cars Bluetooth I am no longer able to watch video of Joe Rogans podcast. I can watch it normally but once in the car it switches to audio only with no video option. I turn ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Like button likes the song but doesn't add it to Liked songs

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid 9.0 I recently started to use Spotify again after around quite a lot years using the recently closed Google Play and I'm finding quite a lot of struggles the service, but I will le...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device Samsung Galaxy S9 Operating System Android 9.0   I recently started to use Spotify again after around quite a lot years using the recently closed Googl...

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Spotify does not work on lg velvet

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceLG Velvet 5G 2020Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueJust bought an LG velvet 5G and every app is working perfectly except for Spotify. Reinstalled it about 10 times and tried multiple accounts, but nothi...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device LG Velvet 5G 2020 Operating System Android 10     My Question or Issue Just bought an LG velvet 5G and every app is working perfec...

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Superuser Contribution Mobile network downloads despite disabling app option

Plan: Premium FamilyCountry: GermanyDevice: Mi Mix 2S (unrooted, unlocked bootloader) Android 10 QKQ basedOS: MIUI 12.0.3 global stable My Question or Issue I disabled the setting "download via mobile network" but for the second month the app kills m...

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Plan: Premium Family Country: Germany Device: Mi Mix 2S (unrooted, unlocked bootloader) Android 10 QKQ based OS: MIUI 12.0.3 global stable   My Question or Issue  ...

MafeG

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Superuser Contribution BMW Connected Integration

BMW spotify integration with idrive was removed last summer.I'm currently running an old version of spotify to keep it working, which i fear will eventually stop working.Any plans to bring bmw integration back, or even why it was removed in the first...

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  BMW spotify integration with idrive was removed last summer. I'm currently running an  old version of spotify to keep it working, which i fear will eventually stop working. Any plans t...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution No Spotify on Galaxy Store for Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Phones

PlanPremiumCountryMoldova DeviceSamsung Galaxy 20, Galaxy WatchOperating SystemAndroid 11, Tizer Spotify app is not available in the Galaxy store. It can't be found using search and the direct link (https://galaxystore.samsung.com/geardetail/com.spot...

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  Plan Premium Country Moldova   Device Samsung Galaxy 20, Galaxy Watch Operating System Android 11, Tizer   Spotify app is not available in the Galaxy store. It can't be fo...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes after choosing podcast

PlanFree/PremiumCountryIsraelDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueSpotify crashes after choosing podcast. reinstall doesn't help. reconnecting resolves the problem but for just 1 hour or so. when you click on a podcast pr...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Israel Device Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Spotify crashes after choosing podcast. reinstall doesn't help. reconnecting re...

Nerdryn

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Superuser Contribution Spotify loses connection when casting

Hello, I'm having several issues that all involve connection to my device when casting #1 Song info and playing time get out of sync. Music keeps playing but song info is not up to date. See this screenshot and notice the weird playing times#2 Adjust...

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Hello,   I'm having several issues that all involve connection to my device when casting   #1 Song info and playing time get out of sync. Music keeps playing but song info is not up to ...

Novy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify won't play on tablet anymore

PlanPremiumCountry Belgium DeviceTablet Asus Zenpad 8.0Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or IssueHiI never had problems with Spotify. I play it on several devices and stream it to chromecast or via bluetooth to speakers.But suddenly Spotify won...

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Plan Premium Country Belgium   Device Tablet Asus Zenpad 8.0 Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue Hi I never had problems with Spotify. I play it on several de...

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Superuser Contribution Phone Volume locking at max when playing

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceBlu Vivo xi+Operating SystemAndroid 8.1 My Question or IssueWhen I'm in or out of the app with a song playing the phone volume locks at maximum and no matter how much I try to turn it down and keep it down it locks back at m...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Blu Vivo xi+ Operating System Android 8.1   My Question or Issue When I'm in or out of the app with a song playing the phone volume locks at maximum and ...

Novy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Downloads all disappear on app shutdown

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceBlu vivo xi+Operating SystemAndroid 8.1 My Question or IssueNone of my downloaded songs remain after I shut down and restart the app. This is a new problem as I had the exact same phone with zero issues and replaced it after...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Blu vivo xi+ Operating System Android 8.1   My Question or Issue None of my downloaded songs remain after I shut down and restart the app. This is a new ...

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